North American solar manufacturer First Solar and Vitro, a glass manufacturer, recently announced the expansion of their cooperation agreement. This will provide the glass for the front sheets for First Solar’s thin-film PV modules.
UbiQD exxpands its collaboration with First Solar on quantum dot-enhanced solar modules. The newly developed quantum dot composites present unique opportunities to optimize sunlight utilization.
The order includes up to 4.3 gigawatts for Lightsource bp projects and up to 1.1 gigawatts for bp projects. Delivery is scheduled from 2023 to 2025.
First Solar announced its commitment to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent by 2028, relative to its emissions in 2020. It has also committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest.
First Solar has invested $11 million in efforts to revitalize American communities and bridge racial gaps in health, wealth, and opportunity.
First Solar invests $680 million in a new manufacturing facility in Ohio for enhanced thin film PV modules.
As part of its efforts to drive industry best practices and strengthen its responsible sourcing program, First Solar has joined the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA).
The next-generation PV technology developed by First Solar has a warranted degradation rate of 0.2% per year, the lowest rate for any commercially available PV product to date.
First Solar announced that it would supply up to 2.4 gigawatts (GW)DC of its high-performance Series 6 photovoltaic (PV) solar modules to Intersect Power.
First Solar's Series 6 module is the world’s first PV product to be rated in the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) registry for sustainable electronics.
A 59 MW PV facility is built on a former landfill in Bordeaux/France and is supposed to be the largest urban photovoltaic power plant in Europe.
